MACKEY, Edmund William McGregor, a Representative from South Carolina;
born in Charleston, S.C., March 8, 1846;
pursued classical studies;
appointed assistant assessor of internal revenue in South Carolina September 8, 1865;
delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1867;
studied law;
was admitted to the bar in 1868 and practiced;
sheriff of Charleston County, 1868-1872;
elected an alderman of the city of Charleston in 1868, 1873, and 1875;
editor and proprietor of the Charleston Republican 1871 and 1872;
member of the State house of representatives in 1873;
presented credentials as an Independent Republican Member-elect to the Forty-fourth Congress and served from March 4, 1875, to July 19, 1876, when the seat was declared vacant;
again a member of the State house of representatives in 1877 and served as speaker;
delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1872 and 1880;
assistant United States attorney for South Carolina 1878-1881;
unsuccessfully contested as a Republican the election of Michael P. OConnor to the Forty-sixth Congress;
successfully contested the election of Michael P. OConnor to the Forty-seventh Congress, succeeding Samuel Dibble, who presented credentials as a Member-elect to fill the vacancy thought to exist upon the death of Mr. OConnor, which occurred while the contest was pending;
reelected to the Forty-eighth Congress and served from May 31, 1882, until his death in Washington, D.C., on January 27, 1884;
interment in Glenwood Cemetery.